Where does Vitra AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vitra AG ranks #8,510 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Vitra AG hold?

Vitra AG holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Vitra AG's Innovation Score?

Vitra AG has an Innovation Score of 42.4 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Vitra AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Vitra AG.

What does claim depth mean for Vitra AG's patents?

Vitra AG's patents average 3.1 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Vitra AG patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Vitra AG

Q: What technology areas does Vitra AG focus on?

Vitra AG's top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 3 patents, ranking #454 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vitra ranks #8,510 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 5 technology areas.

#8,510
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.4/100): 3.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8510 · Foreign Corporation #8,510 · 38 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,510/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vandor Group
CPC-NARROW F16B · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vandor Group, Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Vitra’s 42.4 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 12.7 pts (30%) Velocity 20.0 pts (47%) Breadth 7.9 pts (19%) Claim depth 1.9 pts (4%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Horton · near

42
Progressive… · near

42
Apex Industrial · near

42
GRÜNENTHAL · near

42
Vitra · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vitra's Innovation Score is 42.4/100 (top 31% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Vitra?

Each dot is one of Vitra’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Vitra’s own 3.1 claims/patent is at or below the 10.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Vitra vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Vitra's grants concentrate

Vitra AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 7.9% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (14 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2021. By volume, Vitra sits between Vibia Lighting, S.L.U and Wm. T. Burnett IP, LLC.

Vitra's three-year grant acceleration

Vitra AG shows 25 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Vibia Lighting S…

38
VMR Products

38
Vandor Group

38
Viega Technology…

38
Vivex Biomedical

38
Vomaris Innovatio…

38
WGR

38
Wm T Burnett IP

38
Vitra ◀

38

What this shows Vitra holds 38 patents at rank #8,511, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vitra

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,511 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Vitra's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vitra, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…), Vitra ranks #454 of 2,095 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Apex Industrial Technologies LLC 42 GRÜNENTHAL GMBH 42 Progressive Casualty Insurance Company 42 Horton, Inc. 42

Vitra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Vitra AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	3	7.9%
2022	3	7.9%
2023	8	21.1%
2024	14	36.8%
2025partial year	10	26.3%

Which technologies does Vitra AG patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 3

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Vitra AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vitra AG's lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 7.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #8,510 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vitra AG against Vibia Lighting, S.L.U, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.4/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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